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Vuelta Espana: Freire with third stage win - No changes in overall standings

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06.09.2007/ Rabobank's Oscar Freire keeps on winning at the Vuelta Espana. After yesterdays second stage win, Freire was the fastest man of the pack again today. His victory in the sixth stage might be most beautiful yet, because all top sprinters participated in the sprint. This also included Alessandro Petacchi and Tom Boonen, who, because of the hilly terrain, had both been unable to stay with the pack in the other stages the Spaniard won.

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Oscar Freire with his third stage win (picture: © Unipublic)

Picture gallery: Vuelta Espana ,stage 6, Reinosa - Logroño (2 pages)

The breakaway of the day in the sixth stage involved four riders: Yuriy Krivstov (AG2R) , Magnus Backstedt Liquigas), Stephane Auge (Cofidis) and José Antonio López (Andalucia - Cayasur). These four escapees were caught in final kilometers of the stage that was also marked by nervousness over the appearance of a crosswind, although the bunch ultimately didn't break the race into a thousand little pieces.

Stay focused and not do too much work was what basically the Rabo team did this stage. The luxury of having two stage victories already put the responsibility of catching up with the day's four escapees just before the finish squarely in the laps of the other sprinter's teams. That happened, and the pace was kept so tight after that that the mass sprint indeed became a reality. Freire happily watched it happen, was guided to a good position by his team mates, and he finished it off once again. For a long time it looked like he was boxed in, but, coming from Petacchi's wheel, the former world champion was able to make a jump that was too powerful for everyone.

Rabobank sports director Erik Breukink did not want to label this stage victory 'the most beautiful one'. "Every victory has its own story. Yesterday's victory was special because of the toughness of the stage, the first one because of the uphill finish were he beat Bettini, and today in a real mass sprint. Oscar just wins in all possible ways." According to the team manager, Freire, who will not finish this tour, is not even in his best shape. "With Stuttgart in mind, he will have to improve his condition because he will have to ride 260 kilometers there. So he is not super super."

Breukink could look back on a perfect day. "There was no pressure on us. And we have already worked a lot. We first rode for Oscar, then for his leader's jersey, then for Denis, and then for Oscar again. We had worked enough; the initiative was with the others. Still, the guys had to do a lot anyway to keep Menchov out of the wind, because of the side wind and the nervousness. And a special compliment for Sébastian Langeveld and Pedro Horrillo who both helped Freire stay in front during the finale really well." The only downside was the knee injury that bothered Theo Eltink after yesterday's crash. "He complained, but hopefully he will get better soon."

Oscar Freire even surprised himself with his third stage victory in the Vuelta: "Guys like Alessandro Petacchi and Tom Boonen didn’t expend too much energy yesterday and in addition we had the wind behind us, which always favours racers as powerful as they are. That’s why I thought it was a perfect day for the sprinters who weigh more." Freire added: "Everyone thinks it's really easy to win in a sprint, but it isn’t. Not at all. There are risks and I have to take them on. The team is helping me and there is no other way to pay back all my teammates' efforts than to sprint. They didn’t work in tandem today? No, Rabobank didn’t work in tandem today, but I can’t ask anything more of them because they've done some much on other days and we have confidence in Menchov. You have to save your energy looking ahead to the final week."

There were no changes in the general classification but CSC sports director Kim Anderson said the stage was difficult: "It was a bit hectic out there due to the wind, We'd hoped for a quiet day, but that wasn't to be. Luckily we succeeded in getting Carlos through the stage just fine."

Gómez Marchante (Saunier Duval) said: "I took it easy at the echelon. I remained behind for a while, but then I saw there were 50 riders I could easily join, and I did. We´re expecting a similar stage tomorrow, marked by the wind, which might be stronger than today. Anyway, we´ll try and take the lead. Well, for the time-trial on Saturday... we´ll just pray and do our best not to lose any time."

Results

Stage 6

1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                 4.24.10 (44.29 km/h)
2 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                     
4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
5 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   
7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                   
8 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        
10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
11 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
12 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
13 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
14 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
17 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
18 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        
19 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
20 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        
21 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
22 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
23 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                          
24 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
25 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                   
26 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                          
27 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    
28 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
29 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                    
30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           
31 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
32 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
33 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                     
34 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
35 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                     
36 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                    
37 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
38 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
40 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
41 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                         
42 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 
43 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                 
44 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          
45 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    
47 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                        
48 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
49 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
50 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                                   
51 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                
52 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
53 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          
54 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
55 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
56 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
57 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       
58 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                              
59 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
60 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                                   
61 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
62 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                    
63 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
64 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           
66 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                                   
67 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         
68 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           
69 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                     
70 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                    
71 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
72 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
73 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        
74 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
75 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        
76 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
77 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
78 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
79 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
80 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        
81 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           
82 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                   
83 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
84 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
85 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
86 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
87 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                               
88 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    
89 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
90 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
91 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     
92 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
93 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
94 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
95 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   
96 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
97 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                          
98 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    
99 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                
100 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
101 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                           
102 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
103 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               
104 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                       
105 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               
106 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               
107 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
108 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
109 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                     
110 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
111 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
112 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
113 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
114 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
115 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                           
116 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
117 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                
118 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             
119 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                          
120 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                         
121 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               
122 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                               
123 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                   
124 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
125 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
126 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
127 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
128 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     
129 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                  
130 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                           
131 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                       
132 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
133 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
134 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                      
135 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
136 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                   
137 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
138 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      
139 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
140 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
141 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
142 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
143 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 
144 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
145 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                           
146 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                               
147 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                           
148 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        
149 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                           
150 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
151 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     0.25
152 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                 0.28
153 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                    0.43
154 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                0.55
155 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         
156 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
157 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
158 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
159 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
160 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
161 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
162 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                         
163 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
164 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
165 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
166 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
167 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
168 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                1.23
169 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
170 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
171 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                       
172 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
173 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
174 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            1.33
175 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.47
176 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                7.12
177 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                          
178 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                         17.23
179 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                  
180 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir           
181 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     
182 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              
183 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom

General Classification after stage 6
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                          24.34.51
2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                         1.06
3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                            
4 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
6 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
7 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  1.28
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             1.33
9 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        1.36
10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.49
11 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              1.54
12 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                       1.57
13 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                 2.18
15 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
16 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir             2.23
17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            2.29
18 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                2.30
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                         2.32
20 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                 2.49
21 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                             2.57
22 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                             3.02
23 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                3.05
24 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      3.11
25 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  3.33
26 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
27 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          3.51
28 Chris Horner (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                4.10
29 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
30 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    4.47
31 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                      4.49
32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                4.58
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 5.01
34 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              5.03
35 Jesús Hernández (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   5.06
36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                              5.11
37 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                     5.16
38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           5.29
39 David Herrero Llorente (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            
40 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                           5.46
41 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              6.02
42 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                6.14
43 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                           6.21
44 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                                
45 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
46 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       6.49
47 Iker Camaño (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            7.12
48 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    
49 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                   7.21
50 Egoi Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              7.48
51 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                    7.52
52 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            8.13
53 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                         8.20
54 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 9.11
55 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          9.20
56 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  9.22
57 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     9.23
58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      9.38
59 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     9.57
60 Inigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
61 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                10.27
62 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             10.52
63 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC                               11.12
64 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              11.52
65 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         12.32
66 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                               12.41
67 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                    12.56
68 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux                           13.34
69 Jose Ruiz Sanchez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        14.08
70 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) AG2r Prévoyance                            14.14
71 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - Fondital                               14.16
72 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    14.37
73 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                    14.38
74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                14.58
75 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        16.01
76 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                       16.02
77 Xabier Zandio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               16.37
78 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     17.01
79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                17.12
80 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           17.28
81 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                  18.03
82 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           
83 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
84 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                      
85 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
86 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  18.21
87 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                    18.31
88 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       18.33
89 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
90 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                               18.37
91 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           20.00
92 Morris Possoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             20.02
93 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  20.22
94 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    20.53
95 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         21.28
96 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                            21.51
97 Juan Olmo Menacho (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        21.55
98 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            21.58
99 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           22.33
100 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  23.20
101 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                  23.34
102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    
103 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              24.01
104 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     24.35
105 Francisco Terciado Sacedo (Spa) Relax - Gam                       24.58
106 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Karpin Galicia                              25.54
107 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                       26.18
108 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                               26.19
109 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      26.46
110 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            27.19
111 Santiago Perez (Spa) Relax - Gam                                  27.24
112 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                   27.26
113 Carlos Castaño (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               27.51
114 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         28.33
115 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         29.03
116 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             29.18
117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                      29.32
118 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                    
119 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
120 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             
121 Manuel Ortega Ocana (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     30.06
122 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   30.08
123 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
124 Julian Sanchez Pimienta (Spa) Relax - Gam                         30.13
125 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                            30.57
126 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            31.18
127 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                           31.39
128 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                       32.17
129 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                           32.27
130 Nacor Burgos Rojo (Spa) Relax - Gam                               32.56
131 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             33.26
132 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         34.53
133 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       35.18
134 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 35.36
135 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         35.39
136 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                               35.54
137 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          36.04
138 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                36.07
139 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 36.10
140 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                       
141 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    
142 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
143 Philip Deignan (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
144 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                    36.32
145 Davide Vigano (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                        36.34
146 Jorge Garcia Marin (Spa) Relax - Gam                              36.40
147 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               
148 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             36.41
149 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    37.33
150 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                             38.24
151 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                              39.14
152 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   39.35
153 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                39.36
154 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         39.50
155 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               40.49
156 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               41.07
157 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                   
158 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
159 Javier Megias Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
160 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  41.30
161 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                     42.02
162 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        42.11
163 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           43.52
164 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   
165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                       
166 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
167 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
168 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                   
169 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                      
170 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  44.12
171 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                     46.21
172 Francisco Jose Martinez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                 46.42
173 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      48.19
174 Jesus Rosendo Prado (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                     49.48
175 Santos González (Spa) Karpin Galicia                              52.49
176 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                          53.27
177 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                53.53
178 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             55.54
179 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                            58.11
180 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir       59.52
181 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                            1.00.02
182 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.03.18
183 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.06.04

Points Classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     115 points
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             61
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                47
4 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 34
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                           34
6 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                      32
7 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   30
8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              29
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  28
10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                             27
11 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    26
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                 26
13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               26
14 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               25
15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   21
16 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         20
17 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom                               18
18 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          17
19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   17
20 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               16
21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     13
22 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   13
23 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                12
24 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       12
25 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               10
26 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          10
27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                     10
28 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                8
29 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               8
30 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       8
31 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                    8
32 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               8
33 David García (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                      8
34 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          7
35 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          7
36 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   7
37 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      7
38 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       7
39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        6
40 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                        6
41 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        6
42 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                        6
43 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                    6
44 Oscar Pereiro Sio (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               6
45 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                        6
46 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 5
47 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    5
48 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               5
49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           4
50 José Antonio Lopez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                           4
51 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 4
52 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     4
53 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                                4
54 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   4
55 Manuel Beltrán (Spa) Liquigas                                          3
56 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                3
57 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   3
58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       3
59 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                       3
60 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                                3
61 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2
62 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         2
63 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              2
64 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            2
65 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                        2
66 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                         1
67 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1
68 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               1
69 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        1
70 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        1
71 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               1
72 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    1
73 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  1
74 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                     1

 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          44 points
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                30
3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          29
4 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        28
5 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           26
6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             24
7 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                        21
8 Mauricio Alberto Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                 20
9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                20
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                          16
11 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                12
12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               12
13 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                          10
14 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        10
15 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    8
16 Gustavo César (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                     8
17 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                    7
18 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      7
19 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                            6
20 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                                 6
21 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               6
22 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     6
23 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              6
24 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                6
25 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       5
26 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                        5
27 Joan Horrach (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                        5
29 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                          4
30 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                    4
31 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               4
32 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                                4
33 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                    3
34 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas                                         3
35 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Team CSC                                            3
36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                2
37 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                      2
38 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        2
39 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                        2
40 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                            2
41 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1
42 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   1
43 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          1
44 Giuseppe Guerini (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   1
45 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          1
46 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                         1
47 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             1
 
Combination Classification
 
1 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                17 points
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          25
3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                           30
4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                34
5 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 38
6 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    41
7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC                                           42
8 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               58
9 Josep Jufré (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                    68
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      70
11 Ezequiel Mosquera Miguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                         73
12 José Ángel Gómez Marchante (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir               84
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Liquigas                                   86
14 Chris Anker Sørensen (Den) Team CSC                                   91
15 René Mandri (Est) AG2r Prévoyance                                     92
16 David López (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    99
17 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           100
18 Stéphane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               103
19 Daniel Moreno (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      108
20 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             115
21 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        130
22 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         130
23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    131
24 Manuel Vazquez Huesco (Spa) Andalucia - Cayasur                      145
25 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       154
26 Ángel Vallejo (Spa) Relax - Gam                                      159
27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      167
28 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quickstep - Innergetic                      171
29 Gustavo Domínguez (Spa) Karpin Galicia                               191
30 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            206
31 Serafín Martínez Acevedo (Spa) Karpin Galicia                        206
32 Raúl García De Mateos (Spa) Relax - Gam                              219
33 Dimitri Champion (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              231
 
Team Classification
 
1 Caisse d'Epargne                                                 73.49.27
2 Liquigas                                                          1.10.00
3 Team CSC                                                             3.16
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 3.22
5 Predictor-Lotto                                                      3.33
6 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    3.38
7 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                      3.47
8 AG2r Prévoyance                                                      5.06
9 Discovery Channel                                                    6.24
10 Rabobank                                                            7.44
11 Karpin Galicia                                                     11.34
12 Quickstep-Innergetic                                               12.14
13 Gerolsteiner                                                       13.36
14 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                      18.18
15 Relax-Gam                                                              
16 Française des Jeux                                                 21.05
17 Lampre-Fondital                                                    21.52
18 Andalucia-Cayasur                                                  22.17
19 Crédit Agricole                                                    32.10
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                   47.33
21 Team Milram                                                        54.13

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